the border
noun
: a specific border (as between countries)
They've lived in southern Texas for years, but have never been south of the border.
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Egypt and Sudan have competing maps of the border, but because of the crisscrossing of those boundaries, Bir Tawil would belong to whichever nation relinquished its claim on a larger, more desirable area.
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Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The resilience that disappeared north of the border was back.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
So far, the new species has only been found at two sites in northern Vietnam near the border with Laos but likely lives in other nearby areas.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
This championship will be decided north of the border in Game 6 or 7.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The resilience that disappeared north of the border was back.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
So far, the new species has only been found at two sites in northern Vietnam near the border with Laos but likely lives in other nearby areas.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
This championship will be decided north of the border in Game 6 or 7.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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“The border.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20border. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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